It has the potential to be either a high risk or high reward move.
They did move a player, who by all accounts wanted to be here, for a player who never played for Granato, signs of progress
They have four defenseman signed for longer than 3 seasons, where as Byram only has two years left
They have 13 players signed for next season and have 9.6 million in cap space
They needed a center and Byram was the cost to get one.